Demand for designer apartments by celebrity architects has been hot for some time in Hong Kong and Singapore, but Manila will be the first to boast a condo branded by Italian fashion label Versace.

In Asia’s two wealthiest cities, designer condos have become quite commonplace. For instance, the iliv@Grange, which opened this year in Singapore, boasts design by “yoo inspired by Starck,” an interior-design firm established by French designer Philippe Starck. At “The Westminster Terrace,” a new condo in Hong Kong, interiors feature designs by Singapore-based Japanese architect Koichiro Ikebuchi and London designer and television personality Tara Bernerd. Read More »